All trolling aside, give me the one BEST reason to use a Linux OS instead of Windows.
Choices
>>53571166
Power and control
>>53571166
It's called GNU/Linux.
Linux is just the kernel, Windows kernel is NT, you don't call Windows NT, right?
>>53571166
freedom
>>53571166
Windows sends screenshots of your desktop to Microsoft.
https://d2.maxfile.ro/rwspylwbwo.webm
>>53571166
At this point? no spyware.
>>53571204
Autism isn't welcomed in this thread. Fuck off.
>>53571233
>GNU/Linux has no spyware
Nice meme, brah.
>>53571291
That feature was removed quickly, and nothing has cropped up since. Not to mention Ubuntu Gnome is the only version worth using anyway.
>>53571204
Windows is the brand, the identifier for the OS operating as a whole.
'Linux' is valid from a 'brand' perspective.
>>53571166
Escaping Microsoft's recent attempts to create a walled garden.
>>53571166
to keep storing your CP in a safe way like 50% of /g does
>>53571626
If you use an internet connection you're fucked anyways.
i only use linux for software development related work. it has much better tools.
as for my main OS, it's windows all the way.
i'm sorry but most of the time i just want an OS that jest werks.
i recently switched from dual boot after several years to running linux in a VM. much better tbqh.
>>53571302
>That feature was removed quickly
>>53571166
It's not windows.
>>53571166
When you have older hardware which does not have driver support passed windows 7, so you installed 7, and then had Windows decide it was going to force the "upgrade" to 10 on you while you were asleep with no user interaction. No EULA. Just go to sleep with 7, wake up with 10.
The Pajeets will say
>But anon, if you wanted to stick with windows 7 you had 30 days to revert back to windows 7
Yeah well I fucking did that only to have my C drive corrupt while 10 removed it's NSA backdoored bitlocker encryption.
You want to know why I use Linux instead of Windows? Because Microsoft has fucked me.
>>53571321
No, no it's not.
Usable dev tools
>>53571291
>one specific distro
>easily removed
kill youreslf
>>53571166
Who is this qt?
Inb4 reverse image search - I'm on a phone, can't do that with a phone.
>>53571166
You can make gnu/linux look like whatever you want, even webm related.
>>53571166
Because you want to help your fellow people by not supporting Microsoft.
>>53571178
>>53571191
>>53571205
>>53571227
>>53571233
>>53571269
>>53571321
.. and so on.
plus: open source, so you can actually see that it's no botnet.
and the ultra-plus: it's free.
>>53571166
I use ubuntu because I need to, I'm on crouton and it's the only thing available aside from chromeos. I'm no noob but honestly if you have a windows computer, just use windows. Or dual boot to try things out. NEVER completely delete windows. Not if you ever want to do anything again. Linux OS's are wonderful, but they simply have less support.
>>53576664
Yeah, but it runs like shit. Everything is an ordeal in Linux.
Just today I added fonts to Windows 10 and it was easy as fuck. Tried doing the the same on Ubuntu and I couldn't get it to work. I didn't know how to do either before today and I followed the instructions to the t.
Linux sucks ass as a desktop.
>>53576767
well sorry but I have to tell you that you are retarded then
Never getting cucked by Windows Update.
>>53571166
Windows is a god damn botnet, that's why.
>>53571204
Stallman, either write some code or fuck a parrot, but otherwise keep your autism out of this thread.
>>53571166
Youropoor reporting.
Not wanting to pay the microsoft tax.
>>53576767
>fonts
>>53576780
No, Linux actually does suck ass any time you have to drop to the command line or a config file to get something done. It's much better today then, say, 10 years ago. But the autism is strong in the Linux community and they don't get that normies never want to resort that shit, and even most geeks only want to occasionally.
If you can't handle the shittier parts of Linux, use OS X.
>>53571166
There is literally zero(0) reasons to use Linux, it's only advantage of being fast on slow computers is gone.
>>53576767
if you cant put a file in a folder called fonts youre retarded
>>53576780
I also ran sudo apt-get update today and it didn't work the first time I ran it. Got it to work later, but I'm sure it was my fault and Linux NEVER fucks up on it's own.
>>53576819
What tax? The fuck are they doing that you need to pay tax?
>>53576862
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>>53576897
holy shit dudes if you argument like that there is literally no reason for you to come to /g/
>>53576930
If you've never had issues with Linux not doing something that would be incredibly simple on Windows, then you've never really used it. It breaks ALL THE TIME.
>>53577002
desu it was always the other way around and I'm using linux only for a year or so exclusiv
>>53571204
GNU/Linux is to NT what Windows is to Ubuntu
>>53571166
Setup your desktop however you like with a large variety of flavors and customisation's.
It's free, if I'm building a pc, for the same price as Microsoft windows I can get a 480GB ssd instead. Most distros are perfectly fine for day to day use.
Windows is crap, it's spyware, and it's part of an empire of software evil.
>>53571166
It's fun.
>>53577002
the only time something broke was when I downloaded/installed the wrong graphics card drivers.
>>53571166
I got to know a girl because I have manjaro on my laptop. She's just a friend but hey, with windows she wouldn't have approached me.
You significantly reduce your risk of extortion, expropriation, imprisonment, torture and/or execution at the hands of the US government.
>>53576438
>windows botnet is easily removed too
>no linux retard on this board spamming indian and botnet memes ever mentions it
no one cares if it is removable
once a meme always a meme, right, neo-/g/?
>>53577357
>>windows botnet is easily removed too
you're funny
you think we know everything they can look at?
>>53571166
>>53577377
well, if you do it correctly, there is no traffic with microsoft servers left
if they still spy on you somehow then they either
a) use dark magic
b) go fuck yourself
>>53577385
You can scratch number 8 off that list. 10 has native SSH support.
>>53577385
this is good. I'll keep that for future use
>>53577412
dude. winshit isn't open source so you don't know what they do
>>53571227
>https://d2.maxfile.ro/rwspylwbwo.webm
Nigga literally confirms that you can turn the shit off upon your initial installation. Freetards - 0; Windows - 1.
>>53571227
Holy shit!
Can anyone confirm this?
>>53577492
you don't have to switch off any botnet on linux. Loonix - 9; Winfags - -1
>>53577385
>>53577459
Additionally, something to add to that list, I find the Linux file system to be far more understandable and intuitive than Windows. Everything has its own special corner: configuration files have their own directory, documentation has another directory, binaries (programs) have their own directory, and system and user binaries are properly separated, devices have their own directory, root has its own directory, local users have their own directory, etc. I've only been using Linux consistently for a little over a year, but I find the file system to be far more understandable than Window's, which I've been using for over 15 years.
>>53577550
>install Antergos the other day because it's the only version of Arch that doesn't require you to be a virgin
>asks if you wanna enable some tracking shit
>same for Ubuntu and other distros
lol
>>53577519
Nobody on /g/ has been able to replicate it because the botnet meme is nothing more than a meme. The video showed an Insider Preview version of Windows 10, in which the EULA explicitly states that Microsoft is going to take screenshots and shit like that for the purpose of compatibility testing and optimization.
>>53577438
>>53577385
same goes for 12
native iso mounting since windows 7
9 and 10 are bullshit anyway
what the fuck does the pic try to tell me with 19? go to hell
20 is outdated
22 is only because no one uses linux, and in the CURRENT YEAR you freetards should know that already
24 only some software, not all, idiots
25 and if you don't switch to the unstable-bleeding-edge-testing repository you get year old software versions
>>53577459
>dude. winshit isn't open source so you don't know what they do
you
So, you actually believe in dark magic?
>>53577598
>asks if you wanna enable some tracking shit
>asks
case closed
>>53577631
>>dude. winshit isn't open source so you don't know what they do
>you
>So, you actually believe in dark magic?
wat
>>53571166
Honestly 2 reasons for me.
1: Productivity. It's just convenient to have GCC work nicely with everything, and to have a Linux base for administrating other systems. Even though I work on the other systems remotely, it's nice to have the environment I expect on my local system as well so that I can SCP either way and run local development tools with ease (I can't stand WAMP on Windows, and I use a lot of shell utilities like cat, cut, grep, etc. all the time).
2: I wanted to stop playing as many games.
3: I wanted to use better software RAID for file storage and redundancy.
4: I like that I can put my / on the SSD and my /home on the spinner. Though I specifically do it a tad differently, it's super easy to integrate a separate volume at certain mountpoints.
>>53577412
>well, if you do it correctly, there is no traffic with microsoft servers left
Actually, there is. And a lot of it is secured traffic so you have no idea what's actually being sent.
>>53571166
My reason:
I felt like Microsoft had a finger inside my arsehole 24/7 with those servers connected to my OS all the time. So I change to Debian and got rid of this finger.
Feels good. I'm not a gamer and still can run VMs if I need something from another OS.
>>53576458
>can't do that with a phone.
You sure about that, bud?
>>53577631
>native iso mounting since windows 7
Since 8 actually
>>53577631
That salt.
>>53571166
package manager
>>53571166
because windows is shit
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.vanwensveen.nl/IhateMS.pdf
I'll give you tl;dr : windows is shit
>>53577631
There is no NATIVE mounting in 7.
You get all the sex at parties
>>53577840
Well fuck. Can't do that with Firefox mobile
>>53580338
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